Next of kin plaque : Private J Waters, 27 Battalion, AIF

Bronze next of kin plaque in original cardboard box. The plaque shows Britannia and a lion together with the words 'HE DIED FOR FREEDOM AND HONOUR'. The plaque was originally incorrectly named and has been officially gound down and engraved with the correct name of the dead soldier, 'JOHNY WATERS'.

Next of kin memorial plaque sent to Mrs Winifred Mabel Waters, wife of 4542 Private Johny Waters who died in France on 7 March 1917. Born in Cornwall, England, Private Waters migrated to Australia with his family at the age of 4 and settled in South Australia. As a 23 year old motor driver he enlisted with 27 Battalion on 20 December 1915. He embarked from Adelaide aboard HMAT Shropshire on 23 March 1916 and proceeded to join his unit in France in December. On 27 February 1917 during the German withdrawal to the new Hindenburg Line defences, Waters was wounded in action. He had been fighting at Malt Trench, between Warlencourt and le Barque in France and received a severe gun shot wound to the head which fractured his skull. He was admitted to 3 Canadian Stationary Hospital but later died of his wounds on 7 March. He is buried at Doullens Communal Cemetery, France.